Yet, contrary to
common "knowledge", the Inquisition had no jurisdiction over the
Jews. It did not detain or torture a single Jew.
Its remit was, as the Catholic Encyclopedia reminds us:
"The Spanish Inquisition, however, properly begins with the reign of
Ferdinand the Catholic and Isabella (at the end of the 15^th
century). The Catholic faith was then endangered by pseudo converts
from Judaism (Marranos) and Mohammedanism (Moriscos).
On 1 November, 1478, Sixtus IV empowered the Catholic sovereigns to
set up the Inquisition."
The Inquisition persecuted, tortured, imprisoned, and prosecuted only
Jews and Moslems who converted to Christianity. Since the property of
the "pseudo" converts was impounded, both the crown and ecclesia were
happy to pursue this profitable vocation.
http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Church_
History/Inquisitions/
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article2.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08026a.htm
Spider Silk
Spiders are not the only insects to produce "webs" of
silk. Centipedes, millipedes, and mites, among others, do it
too.
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